sleepwalker65
Responses from sleepwalker65
| The High End for Under a Grand? This is a debate on the law of diminishing returns. Of course the threshold is different from one person to the next, based on their perception and system functionality requirements. In the last year, I embarked on a similar quest: to assemble a s... | |
| What is the epic song of a group? Roberjerman it’s “The Byrds”, not “The Byrd’s”. | |
| Need some help soldering Binding posts. Don’t forget to prepare the mating surface of the binding post before soldering by lightly sanding or wire-brushing. This, as well as a modest amount of rosin flux (never use acid flux) will ensure the solder “wets” correctly. This provides as clo... | |
| Spend my $1000 on a turntable Color should be the last thing on your list of priorities, and sound quality should be first. But, it is your investment and I respect your right to reprioritize. The existing Technics SL-1210mk2 is a good starting point of it hasn’t been thrashed... | |
| Replacing/Upgrading AC Outlets I’m sure that manufacturers of receptacles employ metallurgists to ensure the widest comparability in plating alloys with the various metals commonly used in equipment plug blades. That said, the el-cheapo 79 cent receptacle designs probably benef... | |
| Can someone point me in the right direction? LP player / Preamp / Dragonfly Red... I’m in agreement with those suggesting vintage gear. But, be forewarned that some of it, especially Technics SL-1200mk2 turntables are pretty much all thrashed by “dj” rappers. I know from my experience, I wanted the higher end SL-1700mk2 on which... | |
| Replacing/Upgrading AC Outlets Hospital grade is more than good enough for any hifi application. So-called “audiophile receptacles” are just a euphemism for “sucker receptacles”. By the way, spec-grade is more than adequate and well worth the 10x price of your common $0.79 rece... | |
| Replacing fuse Audiophile fuses are just a euphemism for sucker fuses. There is no difference between fuses of the same rating and type. Littlefuse or Buss are two reputable brands that are good enough for life support systems and NASA, so they are damn well goo... | |
| AC Regenerator I can’t praise Eaton Power Quality data Center UPS products highly enough. There is a marked difference between these on line double-conversion UPSs and substandard SOHO units. I use the Eaton Powerware 9130, which produces a pure, clean sine wave... | |
| Ground Wires for Turntables The ground wire needs to originate from the tonearm tube, where it provides shielding for the phono cartridge leads right through the gimbal to the interconnect. It should be completely isolated from the rest of the turntable chassis (the motor an... | |
| Best sounding Beatles albums I picked up a Parlophone special edition pressing on Sargent Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, and love the depth and clarity. The bonus studio out-takes are mildly amusing, but the main course is to die for. | |
| Headphone cable, what do you do? Microphone cable is what I use. | |
| Phonostage opamp replacement 22v I second the Burson Audio discrete op-amp. While I’ve not yet tried them, in principle I love the idea. Plan to get some V6 units for my NAD PP2 which I’ve already upgraded the power supply on from a wimpy AC adaptor to a LM7824 regulated supply w... | |
| Small or large sub for music Subwoofers are a bad solution for inadequate speakers. They are mutually exclusive with high fidelity because they can never perfectly integrate. Some people and rappers don’t care about sound quality. Low-Fi is fine for them. For the rest of us, ... | |
| My experience after lost of 20k$ Maybe all he needs is to burn in his USB cable a little more. Lmao. |